All MCA Insight articles in August 2013 – Page 14
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News
Knowles urges fair play on zero hours
The head of the Perceptions Group has urged the Government not to intervene over minimum hours contacts but raised concern about how they are used by some operators
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Pita Pit to make UK debut
Pita Pit, the North American-based healthy fast food concept, is to make its debut in the UK in Manchester this October, with plans to roll out the brand to 24 sites over the next 10 years
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TGI site closes after fire
A fire has forced a TGI Friday’s site in Edinburgh’s Castle Streetto close
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Thorndycraft takes Drake & Morgan ops role
Former Novus Leisure chief operations officer Jason Thorndycraft is understood to have joined Drake & Morgan as operations director
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JDW to open £1.5m Stirling pub
JD Wetherspoon, the managed operator, is to start building work on its first pub in Stirling towards the end of November, with the pub set to open in March 2014
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Gross margins fall 14.3 pps since 2007
Leading analyst Simon French estimated that theoretical gross margins for operators have fallen by 14.3 percentage points since 2007, with food inflation cited as a reason
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Wickwar Brewing Co up to three
Wickwar Brewing Co, the Gloucestershire-based brewer and pub operator chaired by former Morland Brewery chief executive Mike Watts, has bought its third pub
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Diary
Diary: Five Guys, Shake Shack, Be At One, Shepherd Neame
This week’s Diary includes a Hollywood star looking at a ping pong rollout, six-figure trading from Five Guys, Shake Shack eyeing options, and intriguing odours at the Great British Beer Festival.Bringing home the BaconIt is fair to say that the popularity of table tennis has taken off over the last ...
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Gatecrasher undergoes pre-pack
The Gatecrasher nightclub business has undergone a pre-pack administration after finding itself unable to pay its debts, which included £3m to Barclays Bank and £500,000 to HM Revenue & Customs, M&C Report learns
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NewsFive Guys ready to be “aggressive” next year
Five Guys, the popular US burger chain, is ready to be aggressive when it comes to its roll out next year after the group’s launch here exceeded expectations
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NewsJamie’s Trattoria performing “amazingly well”
Jamie’s Italian Trattoria is performing “amazingly well” and the group will look to add two further sites under the format next year
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Goodman closes in on site for 'Lobster Roll' project
Goodman Restaurant Group, the operator of the Burger & Lobster brand, is closing in on a site for a spin-off format, which has a working title ‘Lobster Roll’
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NewsCask Marque to open centres of excellence
Eleven centres are to open across the UK as part of a series of new cask ale schemes planned for the coming year
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Grand Union secures Chancery Lane site
Grand Union, the bar group in which Luke Jonson has a 50% stake, has secured a further site in central London, in Holborn
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GBBF winning brewer 'won't outsource'
Elland Brewery, winner of the Great British Beer Festival’s Champion Beer of Britain award, said it will increase production of its winning brand 1872 Porter but will not outsource
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Analysis & Insight
Allsop: Market has reached a turning point
Allsop, the UK’s largest commercial auction house, said it believes that the commercial property market may well have reached a turning point
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Generator acquires two further properties
Generator Hostels has acquired two further sites in Paris and Rome as part of its on-going European rollout
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Analysis & Insight
More people try real ale
More than half of drinkers, and one in three female drinkers, have now tried real ale, according to research from the Campaign for Real Ale
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News
Reform Social to launch in Dubai
The Reform Social & Grill, the modern British restaurant based in Marylebone, is to make its overseas debut next month in Dubai
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Operators sought for £75m Plymouth development
Sutton Harbour Holdings has appointed Insight Retail to assist in finding operators for its £75m transformation of the harbour complex in Plymouth into a national destination